Launch It: The Paper Catapult. This is a cut-out-and-make Instructable.
You need a copy of the template (I work to A4), a cocktail stick, scissors and a glue-stick to make each catapult (though sticky tape may be useful for battle-field repairs). A cutting mat is a lot of help if your work bench is a s rough as mine (my mat is marked in 1cm squares, which gives you an idea of the sheer size of this great weapon). New for 2009, at no extra cost! A redrawn PDF file of the template is now attached to this step! The ammunition can be anything that will fit in the catapult's bucket - paper balls, the rubbers off pencils. Safety A pad of paper towel or modelling clay will stop you skewering yourself when you poke the necessary holes in the paper. Full personal safety precautions can be seen in the video in step five. Invisible Book Shelf - Instructables - DIY, How To, - The Instructables Book Contest Entry. Shoot the Rainbow: Skittles Vodka.
There are just two ingredients in this Instructable: vodka and Skittles.
Skittles You need to end up with 180g of each flavor of Skittle. Since Skittles are approximately 1g each, you can accomplish this with 180 skittles. We used two 450g bags for our experiment -- other bag sizes are perfectly acceptable. Pink Eraser USB Flash Drive. Cheap, easy, low-waste bookshelf plans. Refer to the photos and the PDF.
Place lengths of all-thread through the top and bottom holes on two pairs of 1x4s. Place a washer and a nut on each end of each length of all-thread. Note: washers have a "belly" formed when they are punched out of the sheet of metal. Like a biscuit or cookie, the top edge is slightly rounded, and the bottom edge is a bit rough. Pay attention to the belly, placing the rough edge against the wood, and the smooth edge out. Instructables - The World's Biggest DIY & How To Show & Tell. Gift Box from a Cereal Box. Genuine chainmaille from pop tabs. How to carry a pen with your MOLESKINE. Sliding pants rack.
Awesome Messenger/Laptop Bag. How to Make and Install Hungarian Shelves. How to weave medieval cords for trimming, bracelets or necklaces. You have eight slots in the loom, but you only use seven lengths of yarn.
The cords are easier to use with a loop at one end, so start with one piece of yarn as long as you need* and three pieces of yarn twice as long as that. The colours you use are up to you. Fold the long yarn in half, lay the short yarn with them, and tie a knot at the folded end. This will make a small loop. Thread the loose ends through the loom, pull the knot up to the hole, and spread the yarns out so that there is one piece in all but one of the slots. The starting arrangement of the yarns will influence the pattern you get, but it will be generally helical.
Make table legs out of books! - Instructables - DIY, How To, First of all - you need hardcover books! Many of them of similar sizes, actually. Your best bet is Reader's Digest Condensed. They print these books in such mass quantities and no one wants them. I'm know every thrift store I've ever been to has tons of them. You'll need to remove their dust jackets if they come in them.
Otherwise, look for sets of books at thrift stores. If the thrift stores fail you, check at yardsales. Recycle lamp-shade - Instructables - DIY, How To, tech. Wallet made from a computer keyboard. In all likelihood there is a keyboard within a few feet of you.
Inside that keyboard there probably is a circuit sheet that makes for a surprisingly durable and thin material for making a wallet. Any mention of this project must provide a link to www.zieak.com with credit to Ryan McFarland. Why? In taking apart electronics i find uses for most of the parts. Super Easy (and Cheap!) Magnetic Spice Rack. You might be asking, "But can't you just go out and get those magnetic spice thingies at the local bed and bath super box store?
" Sure you can, but it's lame. And you can't mount them under the cabinet because the lids aren't held tightly enough and they will fall off. Also, it's more expensive. (Even with an abnormally-sized 20% off coupon.) This spice rack was made mostly from things we already had lying around.
You will need: 1 power drill 1 drill bit 4 screws Gorilla Glue Scrap wood junked-up cookie sheet (test the cookie sheet to make sure that it's magnetic before you commit to it) spice jars with lids rare earth magnets screwdriver (not pictured) lovely assistant (not pictured) The jars were the only things we had to buy specifically for this project, and they were only $.99 each. NES Controller MP3 Player - Instructables - DIY, How To, tech, art - The Instructables Book Contest Entry.
Moleskine Pen Clip Mod. Wrapped Friendship Bracelet. The two minutes paper wallet (inc. video) The Three Card Monte - An Origami Wallet. Download a crease pattern and print it out.
There are two to choose from, depending on where you live. If you live in the United States, choose the American letter paper version; if you live in another part of the world, one afflicted with Napoleonic era scientism, you'll want the A4 version. (Both are below, for your convenience.) a) In the printer dialog for Reader or kpdf or whatever your flavor is, please note that Page Scaling should be set for none. IKEA Hack. "AudioBook" - Instructables - DIY, How To, music. DIY: Knotted Double-Layered Scarf from XL Men's tee. How to Wire Your House With Cat-5 (or 6) For Ethernet Networking.
Now before you start connecting most of the network components you want to test all the connections and make sure things are working.
This can be done a number of ways. If you actually /have/ a network tester then you probably know what you're doing. You're on your own. However the method I used was a little different. I plugged a short patch cable from my patch panel to each port on my switch and turned it on. The next step is to take another patch cable and a laptop and plug it into each port in each room.